Eengstro on October 27th, 2006

I don’t normally find much to read in the local left-wing free rag, but this opinion piece by Amy Mordan perfectly sums up how we adults living in The Real World view the annoying, foul-mouthed, disrespectful college students in our midst:

I want to be a Cal Poly student. I want to be a card-carrying part [...]

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Eengstro on March 2nd, 2006

Mark Steyn has published a well-argued editorial piece on the failures of the United Nations:

Can the U.S. force the UN to reform itself? Look at it this way: With hindsight, the UN was most effective when it was least effective—that’s to say, the four decades between Korea and the Gulf War, when the Cold War’s [...]

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Eengstro on January 20th, 2006

So, we have Hillary Clinton calling the Bush administration “one of the worst” in history:

“I predict to you that this administration will go down in history as one of the worst that has ever governed our country,” she said.

Is is just me, or does it seem that Clinton has little credibility to make such a [...]

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Eengstro on January 20th, 2006

Osama bin Ladin’s latest tape is offering a “truce”:

“We do not mind offering you a truce that is fair and long-term. … So we can build Iraq and Afghanistan …”

Generally, the side that asks for a truce is the side that is losing.
Is it mere coincidence that this comes just a few days [...]

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Eengstro on December 6th, 2005

This is yet another reason I cannot support the Democrats:

“The idea that we are going to win this war is an idea that unfortunately is just plain wrong.” — Howard Dean, DNC chairman

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Eengstro on October 1st, 2005

This intersting article, via Instapundit, demonstrates how easy it is for a newspaper to subtly slant a story based on the photos it runs.
But of course, the media isn’t biased…

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Eengstro on September 5th, 2005

Bill Whittle has posted a very good, very non-PC piece in which he explores evil people, people who don’t believe that evil exists, and people of action, in the dual context of terrorism and the savagery and utter incompetence we’ve witnessed in New Orleans:

Now, much has been made of the fact that Ray Nagin [Mayor [...]

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Eengstro on September 2nd, 2005

It looks like I was correct. The incorrect aerial photograph in Time’s Hiroshima photo essay has been removed.

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Eengstro on September 2nd, 2005

If the islamists ever manage to nuke an American city, can we expect the same inexcusable anarchy and the same bumbling, half-assed official response that we’re currently witnessing in New Orleans?
Just asking.

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Eengstro on August 12th, 2005

A 400 foot waterfall was recently discovered in a remote corner of the Whiskeytown National Recreation Area, near where I grew up:

Until recently, very few had seen the roaring water that tumbles three tiers before pouring neatly into Crystal Creek. That such a spectacle should evade even park officials for nearly 40 years is [...]

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